Posts Tagged ‘Pakistan’

Four die in Pakistan drone strike

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Four die in a US drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal region of Waziristan, with officials claiming the dead were militants.

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VIDEO: Bin Laden, the doctor and $33m in aid

Friday, May 25th, 2012

A US Senate panel cuts $33m (£21m) in aid to Pakistan in response to the jailing of a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden.

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US drone ‘kills 8′ in Pakistan

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

The second US drone strike in 24 hours kills eight people in a volatile tribal area of north-west Pakistan, security officials say.

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Pakistan Says U.S. Drone Strike Kills Suspected Militants

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

At least 10 alleged militants were killed on Thursday when an American drone struck a compound in northwestern Pakistan, government officials said.

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U.S. Drone Strike Kills 10 in Pakistan, Officials Say

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Pakistani officials said an American strike on suspected militants in the northwest killed 10 people, an attack likely to raise tensions in a standoff over NATO supply routes.

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Doctor Who Helped Find Bin Laden Given Jail Term, Official Says

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

A Pakistani doctor who helped the C.I.A. locate Osama bin Laden using a vaccination campaign as cover was convicted of treason and sentenced to 33 years, a Pakistani official said.

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Pakistani doctor who helped CIA locate bin Laden sentenced to prison for treason

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA in its hunt for Osama bin Laden was sentenced Wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason in a ruling by tribal agency authorities in northwestern Pakistan, officials there said. Read full article > >

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Sister ‘drank bleach in Pakistan’

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Shafilea Ahmed drank bleach on a trip to Pakistan after her mother told her she would not return to the UK, a court hears.

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Sister ‘drank bleach in Pakistan’

Pakistan jails ‘Bin Laden’ doctor

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

A Pakistani doctor is sentenced to 33 years’ jail for a false vaccination programme which helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden.

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Supply Lines Cast Shadow at NATO Meeting on Afghan War

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

A deal to reopen military supply routes through Pakistan to Afghanistan appeared stalled just as President Obama began talks on ending NATO’s combat role in Afghanistan.

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Pakistan restores Twitter access

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Pakistani authorities restore access to the social media website Twitter after a brief ban for what officials called “offensive” content”.

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Pakistan blocks, then restores, Twitter access

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s telecommunications regulators shut down Twitter for about eight hours Sunday because the social networking site would not remove content the government found objectionable to Muslims, but the nation’s prime minister stepped in to reverse the ban, officials said. Read full article > >

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Sex abuse Pakistani issue – Warsi

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Conservative co-chair Baroness Warsi says a “small minority” of Pakistani men see white girls as “fair game”.

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Pakistan to open Nato supply line

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Pakistan’s cabinet orders officials to finalise a deal as quickly as possible to bring an end to a six-month blockade on overland Nato supplies into Afghanistan.

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U.S. and Pakistan Say Deal to Open NATO Supply Lines is Near

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

An invitation for Pakistan to attend a NATO summit meeting in Chicago this weekend appears to have helped achieve a resolution.

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